The Opelousas courier., 1887-10-08

an effective and rather humorous speecA'
lie Congratulated his audience on the sue
cessful achievements of the Democratic party. |
Under it's auspices the American flag fioatea
over q free, prosperous and unlted people,
and at the apprg1s ae anre G natlo.sn eie vii Garry Dry
the Democratic flag again TO victory.
It is claimed, said Mr.. Wilkinson, that the
great Democratic party WHICH restored peace
which had restored good government to Lou.
isiana, was in danger of disruption; that
there was to be here q Democratic.party and
: a.; Reform 3 e. D sneofer ssid PARTY :tyhe De paop DC vii
permit it. Bearer to them than McEnery or
Nichols; dearer to them than any individual
candidacy, is the success OF the grand old
party, whose principles have 6eens
down to us by the 1atnefs aho iouhoeiA VI
Mr.. Wilkinson then referred to the fine ad-
ministration of parish affairs under the pres
san same could be said of all our State institu-
tons. "a storm of abuse n vItuperatlnn
has been hurled at our present Democratlc
administration. 1nasmuch as the Reform
Democracy fear to go into the merits OF the
cause, it is claimed by them that the plea OF
nrescription should be invoked, and an hon
orable competitor disbarred from entering
the race against Gen. Nichols we plead
the prescription of three TERMS, the REFORM
ers say. We believe in submitting to the
people the superior merits or virtues OF elther
candidate, and not evadlng the Issues IN tnls
way. Gov. McEnery, IKE Zen: Nlfhois mas
The reformers seek to patch up their cause
BY showing thai he served out the remaining
half of Wiltz's term after his death, making
| in all less than q term and q half to the pres
ent date. personal government, is an e, ex-
| ploded war cry. too. In this parish Gov. NC
Emery has appointed many of his opponents
to Office. His last a~ppointee, Mr.. Pat; Lyons,
Emery the right to speak from a platform
erected by him, was commissioned only q
II heard on tie same day on that platform
levee work in this parish. The meeting was
presided over or called to order by the Hon.
II. E. Gilmore, who holds a commission as
notary public from Coy McEnery. l noid
Board of Engineers, showing that Mr.. Il. T.;
Gilmore built in this parish within the past
year, for the McEnery administration 2
was paid on the 21st day of February. 1887,
the sum of s2167 rs. 1 know something
about Mr.. Gilmofe's levee contract, as ! was
on his bond. I hold here to-day in my hand
year A. J. McPhail, levee contractor, built
in Buras alone 10, 4s1 cubic yards of levee,
costing s2947 SO" "a commotion here en-
sued in the crowd, q e lan biS icon comp porF Ms az
wilkinson continued: my friend, you will
have to go to whoever owes you, as Mr. Sli,;
more and Mr. McPhail have been paid in full
MIR. Gilmore, chairman, must have fell
badly when his fiery French orators were ar;
raigning McEnery's leVee work. HOW wen
remember Mr.. Gilmore's words IN openlne
that meeting: I am happy to announce tt
you the great pivotal question in the presen'
Campaign has been decided, and that we have
a clear majority of at least twenty-tlye n tht
Sixth Congressional District: lGheers'l NOW,
weak and feeble minority, it is a question o
local politics, and has nothing to do with thu
State fight Some say they fed their voter
too high and they got fat and lazy die
Mr.. Wilkinson. after referring to th'
methods resorted to to defeat his own re
nomination, closed amid much applause.
MR.. N ARMANT
was the next speaker. He addressed the au
dience in French: In beautiful and elo
what the McEnery government had accom-
plished for Louisiana. About the middle 9
his speech an admirer OF Gen. N1choI
lie gouvernement de McEnery est tre'
defectueux; nous avons Ell de tres mauvalse'
r~ecoltes par cause du manque d:ea1."
To which MIR. Armant very Wlttlly rephed
"Attendez, monsieur; nous n'ayons. pal
encore lie privilege de pouyoir yous ouvrlr OF
fermer 4 yolonte les roblnets du Glel."
This courteous retort was FOLLOWED by
) roar of laughter.
warmly pressed to come to Buras and spea.
again.
MR. ROBERT HINGLE
} of Pointe-aIa-Hache, editor OF the oldes
, Democratic paper IN pIaquem1Mn r HR;maIai
address showed great care and preparation
and occupied the close attention OF the aud
ence. Referring to thy PlaonennIn an a nt
t boat interest to opReseThe building of a raj
1 road in the parish. and being defeated j
that, is now the Nichols organ, H7-4iIg
: said: '1hese, gentlemen are noWIse1y san1
? ious to protect thei Interests OF the yGtefA {
: the parish, but where were they IN the dsI
days of Republican bayonet rule? The on
paper that fought then for Democratic PHI
s the paper of which I am the editor N
Hingle paid q very high compliment TO Il
snR. HENRY C. c~AsTEILANos
a next addressed the meeting. He eloquent
e pictured forth the great battles fought
e the Democracy to gain possession OF Il
State, fighting morally and physically 4
their liberties and their homes. Il
troubles in Grant parish, Iensas, Natch
;, toehes and Ouachita,' he. said, were on
waves of the great storm which was to bur
upon Louisiana with the wrath of an Q
pressed and doWn-trodden people. VINE
% the great blow Wis struR on the Fourteen
:. of September and the shacales which bou1
lee Louisiana were stricken from her bleedH
II hands that dag saw the epoch In the hlstos
of free people; a day In the annals OF
Il government which, could not long be 81
tanned by Federal bayonets; The fall OF t
Bastile was to the French Revolution VIII
a. the Fourteenth of September was to
I, emancipation of louisiana"
II He showed that to the people OF louisa
"a and not to any one man was the redempil
Z; of the State due. Mr.. Castellanos clos
Il amid tremendous applause.
III The following resolutlons were on motl
W adopted unanimously with much enthu
y. asm:
81 ~soLUTIo
~ Resolved by this meeting, We reaffirm |
~ great cardinal principles of the Democfa
T. party, as enunciated in the Chicago plaeior
=. We believe that upon the ,~saslccess Of I
II Democratic party depends The stability
non-sectiona1 government and the promoti
q a of peace and prosperity throughout our n
E united country.
ResoIeed, That in the administration
President Grover Cleveland We recognize !
Sst embodiment of sound statesrnansfip, pol
cal purity and a firm adhesion to those gr
principles handed down to us by the tath
lie and founders of our Union.
~ Resofued, That we fully approve and
% dorse the course pursued by Coy. 3. D.A
10 Emery Ill the conduct OF our State and 10
8. affairs. Believing him to be
~ country. and of acknowledged ability q
integrity. we hereby pledge ourselves to.
all honorable means to secure his nomll
~ ton and election to the high Office which
SO now holds and which he has adorned to
,,is great benefit of the State.
10 1Resotred, That we condemn the calnpa1
y Of yituperation and abuse lately Inaugura
by the partisans of Gen. j. L. Nichols,
lieying, with the fair-minded and think
people OF Louisiana, that such a course
unworthy of true Democrats and only cal
lated to SOW the seeds OF discord, disnn